obfuscators
Those who confuse
Obfuscators are people or things that make something unclear or difficult to understand.
A politician who gives evasive answers is an obfuscator.
In computing, an obfuscator is software that deliberately scrambles code to prevent reverse engineering: The company ran their source code through an obfuscator before release.
The verb is obfuscate.
Act of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- crypticObscure in meaning
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
blend · chameleon · veil · shroud · cover · screen · masquerade · adaptive
Science of secure messaging
- cipherHidden writing system
- steganographyHiding data within media
- hashingOne-way data transformation
- encodingConverting data to format
scrambling · RSA · AES · symmetric · asymmetric · ciphertext · plaintext · salting
Concealment through misdirection
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
- diversionRedirection of attention
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
ruse · sleight · bluff · subterfuge · guile · artifice · stratagem · ploy
Twisting or mathematical integration
- intricacyState of elaborate complexity
- abstrusenessDifficult to understand
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
opacity · labyrinthine · tangled · convoluted · nested · indirection · nesting · layering
Network access control system
- anonymizationRemoving identifying information
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- tokenizationConverting input into discrete units
sandboxing · authentication · masking · redaction · pseudonymization · privacy · scrambler · sanitization
concealment
Act of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- crypticObscure in meaning
stealth · blend · chameleon · veil · shroud · cover · screen · masquerade · adaptive · incognito
cryptography
Science of secure messaging
- cipherHidden writing system
- steganographyHiding data within media
- hashingOne-way data transformation
encoding · scrambling · RSA · AES · symmetric · asymmetric · ciphertext · plaintext · salting · padding
smokescreen
Concealment through misdirection
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
- diversionRedirection of attention
decoy · ruse · sleight · bluff · subterfuge · guile · artifice · stratagem · ploy · trickery
convolution
Twisting or mathematical integration
- intricacyState of elaborate complexity
- abstrusenessDifficult to understand
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
impenetrability · opacity · labyrinthine · tangled · convoluted · nested · indirection · nesting · layering · overwrought
firewall
Network access control system
- anonymizationRemoving identifying information
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- proxyAuthorized substitute
tokenization · sandboxing · authentication · masking · redaction · pseudonymization · privacy · scrambler · sanitization · filtering
obfuscatorsclarifiers
Things that explain further
simplifiers · explainers · illuminators · demystifiers · interpreters
obfuscatorstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
whistleblowers · exposers · revealers · disclosers · muckrakers